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J. S. BANGROFT.

SWEAT PAD FOR HATS.

. Patented Sept. 6,1881.

Axl/1 Mug/fe N. PETERS Phalliihogmpher, Whngion, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BANGROFT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SWEAT- PAD FOR HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,589, dated September 6, 1881.

Application tiled July 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BANOROFT, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sweat-Pad for Hats, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a lower end view of a hat having my improved sweat-pad. Fig. 2 is aface view ot' the sweat-pad. Figs. Sand/1 are perspective and face views, on an enlarged scale, of the fastening for the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section of the sweat-pad 5 Fio. 6, an enlarged section through part ofthe hat and pad. v

This invention relates to a new removable sweat-pad for hats.

The forehead is usually the principal part requiring ventilation in a hat and protection against moisture in hot weather. Hence, a continuous sweat-band is in part superfluous. The sweat-band, moreover, is sewed into the hat and cannot be conveniently removed and replaced.

My invention consists in the application to the front part of the hat ot' an inner removable sweatpad, which has suitable fastenings, that hold it in' place. When soiled or worn this sweat-pad can he readily removed and cleaned or replaced by another.

ln the drawings, the letter A represents a suitable hat, cap, helmet, or the like. B is its ordinary or suitable sweat band but this sweat-band may be entirely omitted.

C is my improved sweat-pad. 1t is a strip of single ordouble flexible materiahpreferably porous, made of braided substance a, and of canvas b, or of anyother suitable material. It should be about seven or eight inches long for an adult and about twoincheshigh. Its lower edge should have one or more fastening-clasps, d, whereby it can be secured to thelower edge ofthe hat. The clasp shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is best for the purpose, having one prong Wherewith to clamp the pad and another for clamping the lower edge ot' the sweat-band or other partofthe hat.

A wire, e, or other stit't'euer may be drawn through the lower part of the sweat-pad, as indicated, to give it the requisite curved form.

The wearer ofthe hat may easily remove and replace the pad O and have the saine cleaned whenever necessary.

1f the sweat-pad is entirely of porous material, the sweat-band B should be of oil-silk or other water-prooi` material, to prevent the moisture from strikingthrough andinjuringthe hat and the hat-band. Hence, it is desirable that there should be a piece ot' oil-silk or its equivalent either inthe back ot' the sweat-pad or in the sweat-band.

I claini- 1. As anew article of manufacture, the sweatpad O, provided with fastening device d for attachment to a hat, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. lhe combination ofthe hat A with the inner removable sweat-pad, G, which is adapted to protect the forehead of the wearer, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the hat A and its sweat-band B with theinner removable sweatpad, C, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN S. BANCROFT.

Witnesses:

WiLLY G. E. ScHULTz, WILLIAM H. O. SMITH. 

